A procedure to transmit information at a telephone answering service, especially in mobile telephone systems. The telephone answering service has a voice mailbox for recording of speech, and also transmits a text message to the mobile telephone especially via SMS (short Message Service). The procedure makes possible an improved functionality in the system in so far as the text message is transmitted in parallel to the mobile telephone from which listening to the voice mailbox is performed. The text message usually contains a telephone number which can be connected with applications in the mobile terminal. The procedure makes it possible that telephone numbers or personal messages, manually or automatically, are stored in the mobile answer function and are transmitted to the listening mobile terminal.
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1. A procedure to transmit information in connection with a telephone answering service which is provided by a remote answer device in a mobile telephone system comprising: connecting a calling subscriber to the remote answer device when a called subscriber can not be accessed; storing information that originates from the calling subscriber on the remote answer device; and transmitting a text message containing the stored information, in parallel to transmitting recorded speech messages from the calling subscriber, to the called subscriber when the called subscriber establishes a wireless connection to the remote answer device to listen to recorded speech messages.
2. The procedure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stored information includes the calling subscriber's number, which is transferred automatically to the remote answer device.
3. The procedure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stored information includes one message stored in advance at the calling subscriber, which is transferred automatically to the remote answer device.
4. The procedure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stored information contains an optional number, which is transferred by the calling subscriber to the remote answer device.
5. The procedure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the text message is connected to an application at the called subscriber's mobile terminal.
6. The procedure as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the application connects a number with a telephone list.
7. The procedure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the text message is transmitted by a short text message service.
8. The procedure as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the short text message service is an SMS (Short Message Service) or a USSD (Unrestricted Supplementary Services Data).
9. A method of transmitting information between a calling subscriber and a called subscriber in a mobile telephone system, comprising: connecting a calling subscriber to a remote answer device when a called subscriber cannot be reached; storing information that originates from the calling subscriber on the remote answer device; and transmitting a text messages containing the stored information, in parallel to transmitting recorded speech messages from the calling subscriber, to the called subscriber when the called subscriber establishes a wireless connection to the remote answer device to listen to recorded speech messages.
10. The method as in claim 9 , further comprising: transmitting the text message as a SMS (Short Message Service) or as a USSD (Unrestricted Supplementary Services Data).
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February 16, 1999
June 28, 2005
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